Rekindling the Youthful Era

Chapter 868 This is still my sister-in-law
Lunar New Year's Eve, early morning.

When Li Luo woke up and opened his eyes, he was still half-embracing Ying Chanxi, who was sleeping beside him on the bed, and he felt that half of his body was a little numb.

After struggling to pull his left hand out from under Ying Chanxi's head, and grimacing for a while before finally recovering, Li Luo woke up the two girls.

Yan Zhusheng was exhausted after being tormented by Li Luo for a long time last night. She fell asleep shortly after Ying Chanxi entered the room.

By this time, he had recovered and was full of energy. He immediately got up, sat up straight, and then got out of bed to wash up.

After the three of them quickly washed up and changed their clothes, they went downstairs together, greeted their grandmother who was having breakfast early in the morning, and then went downstairs for a morning run.

Early in the morning, there were few people on the inner roads of Lijia Village. Most of them were elderly people from various families. Because they went to bed early and had little sleep, they usually got up at five or six o'clock.

Some even wake up as early as 4 a.m.

Li Luo, who possesses a memory palace, knows the situation of each household very well. When she encounters someone she knows while jogging, she raises her hand to greet them politely.

What Li Luo and his two companions didn't expect was that when they finished running around Li Family Village and returned to the gate of the courtyard, they found that there was another car in the yard.

The car looked familiar; it was Xu Youyu's BMW, which had just driven into the yard, the engine still running.

Hello~

When Xu Youyu saw the three of them returning from their morning run, he immediately rolled down the car window and greeted them with a grin: "Surprised? Unexpected?"

"Did the sun rise in the west?" Li Luo walked to the car window in surprise, reached inside, and pinched Xu Youyu's cheek. "It's actually the real person? Not someone else in disguise?"

"Get lost, get lost, get lost." Xu Youyu slapped his thieving hand away impatiently. "How could this be fake? Are you going to pinch this spot to verify its authenticity?"

As he spoke, Xu Youyu patted his chest.

"That's not necessarily a bad thing."

"Humph~"

Xu Youyu turned off the car engine, pulled the handbrake, got out of the car, walked to the trunk, took out the luggage he had brought, and then looked at Li Luo, "Come and help me, I brought some things, you can carry them up."

"What is it?" Li Luo walked over to her and glanced at her, and found that there were quite a lot of things. "Xi Xi, Zhu Sheng, come and help, I can't carry all of this by myself."

After saying that, Li Luo started to get busy, and Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng followed suit, taking out all sorts of things from Xu Youyu's trunk.

These are all common New Year's goods, but the quantity is really too much.

"Why are you bringing so much stuff, senior?" Ying Chanxi asked, puzzled, as she walked upstairs.

"It's not like I wanted to bring these." Xu Youyu said helplessly. "These were originally some things my parents asked me to prepare, but my grandparents stuffed in a bunch more, and that's how it ended up like this."

"Have you sent the New Year's gifts I bought for you in advance to your grandparents?" Li Luo asked from the side.

Back on the 13th, Li Luo took Ying Chanxi and the others to the New Year's market and bought a lot of things, some of which were left for Xu Youyu to pass on to her elders on Li Luo's behalf.

"Don't worry, they've got it all covered," Xu Youyu said with a yawn. "By the way, where's my room?"

“It’s next door,” Ying Chanxi said. “I’ll take you there.”

"Do we really have to go next door?" Xu Youyu asked helplessly. "Xixi, you're so stingy."

"The main reason is that there's only one empty bedroom on the third floor of Li Luo's place, so it's better to leave it for Uncle Xu and Aunt Cui," Ying Chanxi said stubbornly. "Senior, why don't you come with me? Zhu Sheng lives over there too."

Xu Youyu sighed and was about to leave with Ying Chanxi when Li Luo stopped her and said to the two of them, "Let's have breakfast first. Have you eaten yet, Sister Youyu? If not, let's eat something together before we put our luggage away."

"I am indeed a bit hungry." Xu Youyu rubbed his stomach. "I rushed over here as soon as I got up this morning, I didn't have time to eat breakfast."

The three girls followed Li Luo to the living room on the second floor and sat down at the dining table.

Grandma came over with a smile, ladled out white porridge for the three girls and her beloved grandson, and then handed them pickled vegetables and fermented bean curd. She also added a bowl of preserved egg and scrambled eggs.

These are all side dishes that Li Luo and the others like to eat.

Li Luo was the fastest at drinking porridge, slurping down a bowl in no time and then getting another one.

By the time Li Luo finished both bowls of porridge, the three girls had only eaten half of their meal.

So Li Luo got up again and tidied up the New Year's goods that Xu Youyu had brought. She put some in the refrigerator, some on the coffee table, and called out to Grandma for the ones she didn't know how to put.

After they had finished tidying up, the three girls had also finished breakfast.

Ying Chanxi got up and took Xu Youyu to the next room to put away their luggage.

As a result, Xu Youyu put down his luggage, lay down and fell asleep immediately, taking a nap.

Ying Chanxi ignored her and returned to Li Luo's side.

However, Li Luo didn't have anything else to do in the morning. Since Yan Zhusheng had delayed his writing career last night, he simply went back to his room and started typing.

Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng happily followed Li Luo back to their room.

It wasn't that Ying Chanxi wanted to stick to Li Luo, but mainly she was worried that her little sister would interfere with Li Luo's work again, so she needed to keep an eye on her.

The three of them huddled together in Li Luo's small room, where Li Luo typed while the two of them chatted.

Around 9 a.m., Ying Chanxi said, "Mom sent a message. She has already posted a New Year's greeting video. You two should post one too. The staff from Douyin are urging us to do it."

"Oh," Yan Zhusheng responded, then took out her phone and uploaded the pre-recorded New Year's greeting video to her account.

Li Luo followed suit and quickly uploaded the New Year's greeting video. He also updated both books with an extra chapter and mentioned the Douyin update in the author's notes at the end.

Wow, Douyin gives you extra episodes every time you update a video? Maybe you should update Douyin more often in the future?

[Where's the new book? Where's the new book? Where's the new book? I want to read the new book! Why is it still five days until I can see it?]

[Zhusheng posted a New Year's greeting video too, and so did Qingjie. Did the three of you plan this out?]

What if they even spend Chinese New Year together?

Don't say anymore, it hurts me.

This chapter is quite lively.

The comment section on Douyin quickly became noisy.

In the video, Yuan Wanqing also mentioned that she would be participating in this year's Spring Festival Gala, reminding everyone to watch it.

"I have to go downstairs." After supervising Li Luo and Yan Zhusheng to finish sending the video, Ying Chanxi suddenly stood up and said to the two of them, "Aunt Lin is calling me downstairs to play mahjong, Zhusheng, are you going?"

"I'm not going." Yan Zhusheng shook her head and stole a glance at Li Luo.

Ying Chanxi snorted and grabbed Yan Zhusheng's arm, pulling her outside.

"What are you doing?" "I can tell you're up to no good. Why don't you come downstairs with me and play mahjong?"

"Sister, you're so stingy," Yan Zhusheng said. "Are you so afraid of me being alone with Li Luo?"

"You know perfectly well what's going on," Ying Chanxi said irritably. "Don't bother Li Luo while he's writing. Can't you even play mahjong with Aunt Lin?"

"I really can't do anything with my sister."

After the two girls went downstairs, the room became quiet immediately.

Li Luo didn't care whether Yan Zhusheng stayed or not. After all, even if she stayed, he wouldn't do anything. He had used up two bullets last night, so it was better to avoid trouble today.

What if Xu Youyu needs it too?

It won't do for Yan Zhusheng to drain us dry; we need to distribute our favors evenly.

Besides, his new book is going to be released in a few days, and he plans to come clean in the next few days... If he can't resolve this in a short time, he'll have to rely on his stockpiled chapters to get through the early stages.

With that in mind, Li Luo also stepped up his writing pace and frantically typed, determined to reach 300,000 words in his drafts first.

This way, at least you don't have to worry about it before it's listed.

……

Li Luo was busy until after 11 a.m., writing more than 10,000 words, when he heard Ying Chanxi calling him downstairs for lunch.

After tidying up briefly, Li Luo went downstairs to the second floor. Xu Youyu had already been woken up by Ying Chanxi and was sitting on the sofa with his eyes closed, resting.

After Li Luo sat down next to her, she opened her eyes and yawned.

"What time did you go to bed last night?" Li Luo asked, somewhat amused. "Wasn't sleeping all morning enough?"

"What do you know? I'm preparing for New Year's Eve." Xu Youyu glanced at him and said stubbornly, "After I finish lunch, I'll take a nap. After I wake up in the afternoon, I won't be sleepy until several o'clock in the morning."

"Well, you're pretty smart."

"Isn't that right~"

"Alright, let's eat." Lin Xiuhong and the others brought out hot dishes from the kitchen, some of which were leftovers from last night, and some were freshly cooked at noon.

After two large tables full of dishes were served, everyone gathered together.

Zhao Shuhan, who stayed here last night, also came and sat down with Chen Lu. After lunch, Chen Lu will go to Zhao Shuhan's house to celebrate the New Year.

But while eating, Zhao Shuhan suddenly noticed that there seemed to be one more person at the next table than yesterday, and that she was also a very pretty girl.

So after lunch, Zhao Shuhan couldn't help but ask Chen Lu, "Who is that little girl? Is she also your relative? I don't think she was here yesterday."

"Oh, you mean Youyu?" Chen Lu glanced at Xu Youyu, then her expression turned slightly strange. After considering it carefully, she whispered in Zhao Shuhan's ear, "That... she's my sister-in-law."

Zhao Shuhan: "...???"

The message in that sentence was simple, but the amount of information it contained was truly explosive, causing Zhao Shuhan to freeze for a while.

Chen Lu thought this guy was envious of Li Luo, so he immediately pinched Zhao Shuhan's waist and warned him, "Don't get any ideas. If you dare to go astray, I'll be the first to kill you."

"Cough...cough cough...stop it." Zhao Shuhan quickly patted Chen Lu's hand, soothingly saying, "How could I? You know me, it's just that your cousin is really too..."

"Oh dear, his situation is a long story, too complicated. I'll tell you when you're driving later," Chen Lu said, waving her hand. "I'll make sure you don't fall asleep while driving."

……

After dinner, after seeing Chen Lu and Zhao Shuhan off, Li Xuefeng stood at the gate of the courtyard with some emotion, and it took her a long time to return to the second floor.

"Xuefeng, are you already reluctant to part with him?" Lin Xiuhong sat down next to Li Xuefeng with a smile. "Shuhan is a good man. Your Lulu has found a rich husband."

"Don't mention it." Li Xuefeng composed herself, then shook her head with a smile, "That still can't compare to your Li Luo."

"Sigh...this kid is always causing trouble." Lin Xiuhong sighed, glancing at the three girls sitting on the other side of the sofa, feeling both happy and worried.

I wonder how that brat Li Luo plans to handle this situation.

However, while Lin Xiuhong was worrying about this matter, Xu Youyu had already gone upstairs and sneaked into Li Luo's room, where he went to take a nap in his bed.

Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng stayed behind to play mahjong with Lin Xiuhong on the second floor.

Li Luo returned to his room and continued writing at his desk.

However, the mahjong game only lasted until a little after 3 p.m. before Lin Xiuhong had to go to the kitchen to help.

With Chen Lu gone, the younger generation has no one to lead the conversation and card games, and the atmosphere in the living room is rather dull.

Chen Yonglin and Li Xiang both went back to their rooms next door to play video games.

Chen Sijia only speaks when Chen Lu is there; otherwise, she keeps her voice quiet.

Seeing this, Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng had no choice but to return to Li Luo's bedroom on the third floor.

Soon enough, Li Luo's bed was filled with three girls.

Xu Youyu, who had been jostled awake, sighed and complained, "Aren't your bedrooms next door? Why do you have to squeeze in here?"

"Senior, aren't you the same?" Yan Zhusheng reminded her, "If you want to sleep, you can go back to the next room. If you sleep here, you'll have to listen to Li Luo typing on the keyboard. How can you sleep?"

"Why can't you sleep? The sound of the keyboard is very soothing, you know." Xu Youyu retorted stubbornly. "Where's Xixi? Your own bedroom is right next door, don't crowd around here."

"I'm not leaving." Ying Chanxi lay on the edge of the bed, thinking that even when she was here, you all dared to lay hands on Li Luo. If she were really gone, she didn't dare to think about what would happen in this room.

Li Luo found it amusing to see the three girls crammed into the bed, but thought that tonight the four of them would probably have to squeeze together, and the small bed couldn't withstand such a commotion.

So he got up, went out, and brought back two mattresses, which he laid on the floor next to the bed.

If we don't sleep on the floor, this small room really can't fit four people.

"Who will sleep on the floor tonight?" Yan Zhusheng asked the probing question.

"Fine, I'll sleep then," Li Luo said helplessly. "The three of you can sleep on the bed."

“But if you sleep on the floor,” Yan Zhusheng said, blinking, “when you go to bed at night, your sister will definitely sneak off the bed.”

"What did you say?" Ying Chanxi glared at her, annoyed. "You were the one who wanted to do this, weren't you? And you still have the nerve to say I came?"

“I definitely wouldn’t do it secretly; I’ll do it openly and honestly,” Yan Zhusheng retorted.

"Alright, alright." Xu Youyu, still a little sleepy, yawned and waved his hand, saying, "We'll be staying here for a week or two during the New Year. We can just take turns coming every day. What's there to argue about?"

(End of this chapter)